Sleeping Beauty & Dvořák Cello Concerto

Oct 22-25, 2026
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Overview Schedule Program Performers Extras

Overview

The crown jewel of cello repertoire, Dvořák’s heroic and soulful Cello Concerto marks the return of Jian Wang, a soloist with a lustrous sound and compelling interpretive ideas. Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite transports you to the Golden Age of ballet, painted in a thousand wondrous sounds. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider opens the program with music from his native Denmark, in Nielsen’s quicksilver Maskarade Overture.

This program will also be performed at Wheaton College on October 23.

  • Venue
    Symphony Center
  • Price
    $39.00+
  • Length
    2 hours
  • Preconcert conversation
    Daniel Schlosberg
Schedule
Program
Nielsen

Overture to Maskarade

Dvořák

Cello Concerto

Tchaikovsky

Suite from The Sleeping Beauty

Extras

Enhance your concert experience.
Preconcert Conversation

Explore the music in a free preconcert conversation featuring Daniel Schlosberg in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The talk will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.

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